Abdul Maikaba believes his Rangers facet didn’t present sufficient starvation and deserved what they acquired towards Gombe United on Sunday.
Gombe United secured a 1-0 win over Rangers in a matchday 37 NPFL fixture inside a capability stuffed Gombe stadium, Pantami.
A forty seventh minute strike by substitute, Ibrahim Yahaya was sufficient for the house facet to choose up the utmost factors at stake because the ‘Savannah Scorpions’ stung the ‘Flying Antelopes.
A slip within the midfield noticed Chidiebere Nwobodo robbed of the ball by an opponent, who raced away from his markers to put completely for onrushing Yahaya to blast residence from contained in the six-yard and ship the massive turn-out of spectators into wild jubilation.
Efforts by the guests to discover a means again into the match didn’t yield the wanted dividends because the backline of the house facet tightened its grip whereas goalkeeper, Itodo Akor additionally proved laborious to beat.
Rangers’ gaffer, Abdul Maikaba, stated after the encounter that, “We misplaced this recreation to an excellent facet that confirmed extra starvation even though my gamers began the sport very properly and had them pinned to their half for nearly the entire first stanza.”
“Nonetheless, the lack of focus by my gamers within the second half allow us to down. We’ve to re-strategize forward of the approaching season as all we labored for this season has come to nothing.”
With the outcome, Rangers stay in fifth place on the twenty-team log with 53 factors from 37 matches .
The Flying Antelopes will subsequent play Akwa United within the final match of the season on the Awka Metropolis Stadium this Sunday.
